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floats


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floats

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Devices made of buoyant materials, tied onto a line or net when fishing to control the depth of the fishhook or net.

Variations

floats (fishing equipment)

float

bobbers

bobbers, fishing

corks

drifters

fishing bobbers

fishing floats

floats, fishing

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